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Monday, September 21, 2009

peace

Tonight Lucy had a major 3 alarm melt-down tantrum. She was out - of - her - mind. I was cool, calm waters (on the outside). The tantrum ended peacefully. I have a huge headache, and can only imagine that she felt the same. Lucy fell asleep quickly tonight. I hope she has a long slumber.

We are spending a lot of time thinking about Silas. He is still so sick. I feel overwhelmed with worry for him and his family. I look at Lucy and all her ups and downs, her big rage and am just so thankful that I have her and all her "spitfireness". I hope with all my might that he is healed completely and quickly, that Tiffany and Dave get their amazing boy back in all of his bright shining 4 year old glory. I can't imagine going through this.

Lucy has made some breakthroughs. She has learned to trace, which was a big step for her. Lucy has taken interest in learning (in short short spurts) to write letters and shapes. She loves having a note book and a marker in the car and just draws away whenever we drive anywhere.

2 comments:

big hugs to you. i'm sure you're tired after the tantrum. are they fewer and far-between? can you tell what triggered it? not that these questions help, as we're still trying to figure out what triggers our L at times... but i so understand where you're coming from. hug, hug, hug

About Me

I adopted my daughter Lucy from Ethiopia in 2005. I am a single mom. I am also a social worker and a human being. Most days it goes in that order; mom, social worker, human being. Wouldn't want to change the mom thing for the whole world. Please click to link to my old blog for a tour of the Ethiopian adoption process, and the first year or so of Raising Lucy